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Greetings from Paul

This letter is from Paul, a slave of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ. I have been sent to proclaim faith toa those God has chosen and to teach them to know the truth that shows them how to live godly lives.

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Paul's Greeting to Titus

Paul, bondman of God, and apostle of Jesus Christ according to [the] faith of God's elect, and knowledge of [the] truth which [is] according to piety;

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This truth gives them confidence that they have eternal life, which God — who does not lie — promised them before the world began.

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in [the] hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the ages of time,

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And now at just the right time he has revealed this message, which we announce to everyone. It is by the command of God our Savior that I have been entrusted with this work for him.

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but has manifested in its own due season his word, in [the] proclamation with which *I* have been entrusted, according to [the] commandment of our Saviour God;

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I am writing to Titus, my true son in the faith that we share.
May God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior give you grace and peace.

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to Titus, my own child according to [the] faith common [to us]: Grace and peace from God [the] Father, and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

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Titus’s Work in Crete

I left you on the island of Crete so you could complete our work there and appoint elders in each town as I instructed you.

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Appointment of Elders on Crete

For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou mightest go on to set right what remained [unordered], and establish elders in each city, as *I* had ordered thee:

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An elder must live a blameless life. He must be faithful to his wife,b and his children must be believers who don’t have a reputation for being wild or rebellious.

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if any one be free from all charge [against him], husband of one wife, having believing children not accused of excess or unruly.

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A church leaderc is a manager of God’s household, so he must live a blameless life. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered; he must not be a heavy drinker,d violent, or dishonest with money.

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For the overseer must be free from all charge [against him] as God's steward; not headstrong, not passionate, not disorderly through wine, not a striker, not seeking gain by base means;

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Rather, he must enjoy having guests in his home, and he must love what is good. He must live wisely and be just. He must live a devout and disciplined life.

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but hospitable, a lover of goodness, discreet, just, pious, temperate,

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He must have a strong belief in the trustworthy message he was taught; then he will be able to encourage others with wholesome teaching and show those who oppose it where they are wrong.

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clinging to the faithful word according to the doctrine taught, that he may be able both to encourage with sound teaching and refute gainsayers.

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For there are many rebellious people who engage in useless talk and deceive others. This is especially true of those who insist on circumcision for salvation.

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Correcting False Teachers

For there are many and disorderly vain speakers and deceivers of people's minds, specially those of [the] circumcision,

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They must be silenced, because they are turning whole families away from the truth by their false teaching. And they do it only for money.

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who must have their mouths stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which ought not [to be taught] for the sake of base gain.

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Even one of their own men, a prophet from Crete, has said about them, “The people of Crete are all liars, cruel animals, and lazy gluttons.”e

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One of themselves, a prophet of their own, has said, Cretans are always liars, evil wild beasts, lazy gluttons.

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This is true. So reprimand them sternly to make them strong in the faith.

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This testimony is true; for which cause rebuke them severely, that they may be sound in the faith,

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They must stop listening to Jewish myths and the commands of people who have turned away from the truth.

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not turning [their] minds to Jewish fables and commandments of men turning away from the truth.

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Everything is pure to those whose hearts are pure. But nothing is pure to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, because their minds and consciences are corrupted.

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All things [are] pure to the pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving nothing [is] pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

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Such people claim they know God, but they deny him by the way they live. They are detestable and disobedient, worthless for doing anything good.

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They profess to know God, but in works deny [him], being abominable, and disobedient, and found worthless as to every good work.

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